Shoe-heel



S. G. SHAPIRO.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION EILED JUNE 14' 1919.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

HIIIIIII ATTORNEY .UNITED. STATESUPAT-ENT OFFICE.

v iSAMUEL G. SHAPIRO, OF NEW :YORKfN. Y.

SHOE-HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

Application filed J une 14, 1919. Serial no. 304,129.

clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shoe heels, and j with respect to its more specific features, to improved metallic heels and their construction for attachment to shoes.

It is the primary object of'the invention to provide improved heels of metal or the like which may be inexpensively manufac tured and which are capable of expeditious and firm attachment to shoes, either when. the latter are manufactured or when rep the inner bore of the sockets. In attaching paired. g

It is a further object to provide a structurally superior and functionally advantageous durable heel which is adapted for long service and which maybe readily removed from outworn shoes and readily reattached to others.

of the heel provided with another form of.

attaching means;

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the attaching means of Fig. 4:, and

6 is a bottom plan of a shoe adapted for attachment thereto of the heel shown in .Fig. 4.

The heel shown includes in general a hollow body portion 1 of cast metal or other durable material and a lower thread part or lift 2 of shock-absorbent material such as leather or rubber. Heels of this character are particularly adapted for womens shoes, and may be conveniently shaped in the high Frenchstyle, or medium Cuban style as shown. It is to be under stood, however, that the invention is not limited in this respect. f

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown in Fig. 2 a heel body 1 having relatively thin walls 3 which, however, are of increased thickness at spaced upper points. These points 45 are preferably located at the front corners, the middle sides, and the center rear of the upper edges, and at the time the metal heels are cast screw threaded sockets 5 arev casttherein. As shown in Figs? .and 3, sockets 5 "are relatively short and shaped with an exterior groove 6 and knurled walls 7, whereby when seated in the heel walls 4,

the sockets are securely anchored against axial withdrawal and relative lOtttlOIl; To cooperate with the sockets, there are provided sharpened pins or studs 8 having straight threaded shanks which screw into the heels, pins 8 are first inserted in the holders 5, and then the heel affixed by driving from below to project the pinsthrough the shoes. The pins are then clenched and may be coyered over.

It will be noted that a prima-ry'advantage of the construction above described resides in the capabilityof removing and replacing the pins 8. That is to say, the heel may thus be readily and securely aflixed to a shoe, and later removed therefrom while still permitting its subsequent firm attachment merely by replacing the old bent pins by new pins. Thus the service of the heel is in no way limited to the service of a particular shoe. Likewlse, of course, in case any of the pins 8 are bent in originally installing the heel, such pins may be replaced so that it is not necessary to discard the heel or depend for its attachment on less than the full nu'mber of fastening elements.

In Fig. 4 the heel walls are provided with sockets 5 of increased length above the exterior groove 6. In this form, the sockets are set to project slightly above the adjacent surface of the heel walls, and also, the pins i 8 (Figs. 2 and 3) are replaced by flat headed screws 9. This construction is especially adapted for use where the heels are attached to the shoes in the original manufacture thereof, and in such use, the shoe bottoms maybe provided with spaced recesses 10 (Fig. 6) adapted to receive the projecting ends of the'elongated sockets 5 whereby correct positioning of the heel is facilitated and its stability, when attached, increased. In this form, also, the screws 9 areadapted to pierce the shoe bottom from the inside and take into the boxes of the corresponding sockets 5.

It will thus be noted, that heels as de scribed, may be adapted ,for attachment either by pins from the outside or by screws, preferably having fiat and relatively large heads so as to give a smooth surface, from the inside. In both forms, moreover, the heel is capable of easy and quick removal, when desired for repairs or otherwise, and may at all times be readily re-attached with unimpaired security.

Iiiaving described my invention, what I claim is new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a shoe having a bottom portion to receive a heel and provided with a plurality of spaced recesses, a heel having a plurality of projecting portions to fit said recesses, and fastening means to penetrate the shoe bottoms and take into said heel projecting portions.

2. In combination, a shoe having a bottom portion to receive a heel, said portion being provided with a plurality of spaced recesses, a metallic heel having a plurality of interiorly threaded sockets anchored therein, said sockets projecting slightly above the adjacent heel surface and spaced to fit said shoe recesses, and removable headed screws penetrate said shoe bottom and thread into said sockets.

3. In combination'an aluminum heel, and sockets cast into the portion of the aluminum heel adjacent to shoe, for anchorage against relative rotation and axial displacement, said sockets having threaded bores and removable threaded fastening elements adapted to screw into said sockets, and the points of which are driven into the shoe and clenched therein to fasten the heel to the shoe. V

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL G. SHAPIRO.

IVitnesses:

M. B. PITZER,. V G. E. TIERNEY. 

